Main Aim(s) of the Unit:

What is Tort?:

• Negligence
• Duty
• Breach of Duty
• Statutory Duty
• Human Rights Act 1998

Deliberate Harm to the Person:

• Assault & Battery
• Harassment
• False Imprisonment
• Invasion of Privacy

Negligent Harm to the Person:

• Duty
• Breach of Duty

Negligence:

• Property & Economic Loss
• Deliberate Infliction of Economic Loss

Land Use & the Environment:

• Trespass to Land
• Private Nuisance
• Public Nuisance
• Strict Liability
• Liability for Animals

Protection of Reputation:

• Liability
• Defamation
• Absolute Defences
• Qualified Defences
• Other Torts

Parties & Liability for Others:

• Vicarious Liability
• Joint & Several Liability
• Contribution

Remedies:

• Injunctions
• Types of Damage
• Compensatory Damages
• Personal Injury Damages

Defences & Other Factors Limiting Damages:

• Consent
• Exclusion of Liability
• Contributory Negligence
• Illegality
• Limitation
• Necessity

Reading List

Main Text:
Tort - S Hedley (Butterworth Tolly)

Alternative Text & Further Reading:
Tort - Giliker & Beckwith - (Sweet & Maxwell)

Cases

Wrong & Damage Distinguished:
Mayor of Bradford v Pickles [1895]
Scott v Shepherd [1773]
The Wagon Mound [1961]
Hughes v Lord Advocate [1963]
Limpus v London Omnibus Company [1862]
Honeywell & Stein v Larkin Brothers [1934]
Rylands v Fletcher [1868]
ICI v Shinwell [1965]
Morris v Murray [1990]
Cutler v United Dairies [1933]
Stanley v Powell [1891]
O’Connell v Jackson [1971]

Defamation:
Yousoupoff v MGM Pictures Limited [1934]
Hulton v Jones [1910]
Osborn v Thos. Boulter [1930]

Nuisance:
Christie v Davey [1893]
Halsey v Esso Petroleum [1961]
Allen v Gulf Oil Refinery Limited [1981]

Conversion:
Oakley v Lister [1931]

Negligence:
Donoghue v Stevenson [1932]
Caparo Industries Public Limited Company v Dickman [1990]
Muirhead v Industrial Tank Specialists Limited [1986]
Allock & Others v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police [1991]
Paris v Stepney Borough Council [1951]
Chaudry v Prabhakar [1989]